National Archives and Records Administration

China: The Roots of Madness

National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981)

ARC Identifier 616322 / Local Identifier 263-69. This film covers China's political history including Mao Tse-tung, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Nationalist - Communist victory.

Made possible by a donation from John and Paige Curran.


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Producer: National Archives and Records Administration
Language: English
Keywords: archives.gov; public.resource.org

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: ax-11 - - February 12, 2013
Subject: Better than the Title
A lot better than the title might let you think. Not so much "madness" but a rather unexcited and informative walk through Chinas long history. Kind of US-centric, of course, but that does not really hurt.

Reviewer: OrionPozo - - May 1, 2010
Subject: US-centric view of China in 1st half of 20th century
Filled with archival film footage, this US history of China is interesting because of its 1967 perspective. Mao had just started the Cultural Revolution, the "Madness" of the title, and the film is a US attempt to explore recent history to try to understand. It is a good look at US policy toward China in the first half of the 20th Century.

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